Before White House Meeting, President Insists U.S. 'Needs Greenland'

[AcanthaV]

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Source: NYT

The Trump administration's renewed interest in purchasing or gaining control over Greenland has met with strong resistance from both the Danish and Greenlandic governments. Greenland's Prime Minister stated that the island's security and future "firmly" belong within NATO and the framework of Denmark, rejecting any hints of a U.S. takeover or annexation.

On the U.S. side, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that, unlike his support for the operations in Venezuela, he opposes any "military intervention" option for Greenland. However, diplomatic tensions remain high as some figures within the administration, particularly JD Vance, continue to emphasize the island's strategic importance ahead of critical meetings with Greenlandic and Danish officials.

Donald Trump expressed his disagreement with the Greenlandic leader's preference for Denmark, maintaining his insistence on the island's strategic and economic potential. Meanwhile, the Danish government reaffirmed its total unity with Greenland ahead of talks with Washington, emphasizing once again that the island is "not for sale."

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/14/us/trump-news

[Bengus81]

1. No we don't and BTW...we don't need you either Trump

Fuck off and die you POS............

[Walleye]

2. Are the Republicans in Congress prepared to deal with the repercussions of breaking up NATO?

They’re in some kind of mass hypnosis or dreamworld or something

[Chasstev365]

3. Republicans: You are either all in on Trump or Profiles in Cowardice. It can only be one or the other.

[Walleye]

5. The scary thing is they seem so happy being such Lily livered cowards

I didn’t know Americans were so yellow deep down. I am profoundly disappointed in us

[surfered]

4. Well,

[tanyev]

6. He's the kid at Christmas who breaks all his new toys in 20 minutes,

then looks around to see who else has stuff he can destroy.


😒

[sop]

7. Like the dog that caught the car, Trump doesn't know what to do with Venezuela. Now it's on to Greenland.

[orangecrush]

11. ...

[House of Roberts]

8. Wanting Greenland is too Putinesque.

Putin wanted Ukraine for the same reason: the security of Russia.
Neither one wants to admit that just by not being assholes, they would have all the security they could stand to have, and it would be more profitable without squandering so much money and lives to have it.

[GiqueCee]

9. Trump is a seething furnace of malice...

... who cannot abide anyone disagreeing with him about anything.
As staggering as his stupidity is, he has to know that we already have multiple bases in Greenland, and the broad latitude to expand them, if necessary. His insistence on "taking over" Greenland is purely a function of his raging malignant narcissism, which manifests itself in his pathological acquisitiveness. He literally believes that he's entitled to own the world. He started with our neighbor to the north, that used to be our greatest trading partner, but now, Canadians wouldn't cross the street to piss in face if he was on fire. Neither would I.
The Orange Hellbeast is destroying America, just as Putin told him to do: From the inside. The proof – not simply evidence, but PROOF – of his treason is overwhelming, but Republicans won't challenge him, and that's not necessarily because of their fear of his vindictiveness, but more because they're in on it, and have been from the git-go.
The GOP deserves to be relegated to the cesspool of depravity that spawned them. Just flush that gold-painted toilet. Yeah, you'll probably have to flush it more than once. And don't even think about fishin' it out; the stench will be too rank for words! Probably gag a maggot. Or is that MAGAt? Whatever.

[Initech]

10. No we don't, and we don't need this shitty administration, either.

[orangecrush]

12. Seen this?

Vladimir Putin wants Trump to acquire Greenland, which should tell you everything you need to know:

— Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein.bsky.social) 2026-01-14T15:39:58.316Z

[Emile]

13. After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking.

This is a duplicate of the same news story posted earlier.

DUPE of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143598455